And now we know why the feds are fishing to file ‘hate crime’ charges, because they’d already seen these pictures, and knew that under Florida law, the shooting was justified. The tactic will be to throw out all the injuries suffered, as that was a result of the ‘hate crime.’
“And now we know why the feds are fishing to file ‘hate crime’ charges, because they’d already seen these pictures, and knew that under Florida law, the shooting was justified. The tactic will be to throw out all the injuries suffered, as that was a result of the ‘hate crime.’”
What will be the elements of the crime, in that case? I realize that state and federal laws diverge, but they still recognize self-defense on the federal level, don’t they? In order to remove Zimmerman’s justifiable homicide claim they’d have to prove his mindset was that of a racist out for blood. Which means they’d have to prove he “profiled” Martin, and that therefore the perfectly legal following and confronting were part of a subtle plot to provoke Martin into giving him an excuse for murder.
No, not only that. They have to prove that the profiling was irrational and based not on readily apparent facts but on Zimmerman’s racism. I don’t think there’s any way to prove it, really, unless he ran a White(/s of assorted Hispanic/Jewish/Black Descent) Power! blog, or something. But I don’t understand thought crime law in general, so don’t ask me.